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enumeratesofficialranksintheEmpire,coveringofficessubordinatedto
individualdignitariesand,inthecaseofmilitarycommanders-theirthe
militaryunitstheyareinchargeof,bothintheeasternandwesternEmpire.73
Othersources,thatisliteraryandepigraphicaswellasaminornumber
ofpapyrisupplementedandverifiedinformationobtainedfromlegal
sourcesanddataderivedfromtheanalysisofNotitiadignitatum.74Someof
thosedeservetobediscussedseparately.
Thedeterminationoftheperiodwhenvicariatesanddioceseswerees-
tablishedsetoutwithafragmentofworkbyaChristianapologist,Lactan-
tius,entitledDemortibuspersecutorumwrittenaround314.Confrontationof
thetextwithothersourcespermittedtodevelopapositioninthisdebatable
issue.75
Itisonlythankstoliterarysourcesthatwemaylearnaboutthecourseof
atrialconductedbyadiocesanvicar.Thetrial,whichwastobeheldin362,
ismentionedinseveralchurchandsecularchronicles,andwasdescribedin
detailintheactsofmartyrdomofSt.Emilianus.76
ImportantinformationisfoundalsointheworkofhistorianAmmianus,es-
peciallyinthepreciseaccountoftheso-calledLeptisMagnaaffair.Thedetails
itprovidesfacilitateabetterunderstandingoftheroleandfunctionofvicars
intheLaterRomanjudiciary.77
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finaleditionisdisputedinscience;henceitshouldbeassumedthatitwascreatedintheearly
andfifthcenturywhileitsofficialusewasdiscontinuedafter430,whenitwentintoprivate
hands.Theeasternpartofthecataloguewasdraftedin394-395,withminorsupplements
addedlater,in406-408atthelatest.Seetheextensivelistofreferencesandareviewofrelated
viewsinWiewiorowski(2007b):23,note68.
73SeeChapters3.2and5.1.
74Theauthorofthismonographreliedonthefollowinggeneralstudiesonantiquewrit-
ings:Sajdak(1933);Sinko(1959);Brożek(1969):esp.474-515;Szymusiak,Starowieyski(1971);
Croke,Emmet(1983);Jurewicz(1984);Herzog(1989);Dostalova(1990);Świderkówna(1990);
Cytowska,Szelest(1992)and(1994);Brodka(1998);Janiszewski(1999);Wipszycka,Wiśniew-
ski(1999);Rohrbacher(2002);Lewandowski(2007);Rosenquist(2007).
75Cf.morebroadlyŁapicki(1962):16-40;Altaner,Stuiber(1990):271-275;Cytowska,
Szelest(1994):85-102.
76TheodoretHE3,7,5;Chron.Pasch.a.363(quotedwithminorchangesinTheoph.AM.
5855).OnthehistoryofChurch,apartfromremarksinaforementionedworkcf.e.g.:Chesnut
(1977);Leppin(1996).TheremainingsourcesarediscussedsyntheticallyinScott(1990).The
procedureisdepictedindetailintwosurvivingversions-Latin-GreenandGreek-ofmedie-
valmanuscriptsofMartyriums.Aemiliani(CodexVaticanusGraecus866andCodexParisinus
Graecus1177).ThemartyrdominmentionedinHieron.Chron.a.363(utilizedbyProsperTiro,
Epitomaechronicae457)andMartyrologiumHieronymianum.MorebroadlyinChapter5.2.
77Amm.Marc.28,6.Theliteraturedevotedtotheaffairisimmense,seeAmmianusMar-
cellinusOnlineProject.RijksuniversiteitGroningen,http://odur.let.rug.nl/~drijvers/ammianus;
forinstancelistsofreferencesinworksinPolish:Bober(1986);Cytowska,Szelest(1992):
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